1. School Children

Physical examinations of large groups of school children have been
made by city and state health authorities. A typical result of the
examination of these children in the first and fifth grades of
Detroit schools follows:

With one or more defect 64.0%
Defective tonsils 41.4%
Defective teeth 33.0%
Defects of nutrition 7.4%
Defects of vision 7.2%
Defects of thyroid 2.7%

2. Drafted Men (18 - 30 years of age)
The much quoted results of the draft examinations will bear repeating here:
Defective 47%

Rejected 21%
Minor defects 26%

Non-defective 53%
5. Men examined by Life Extension Institute

The results of the examination of over 100,000 men by the Life Extension
Institute presents a vivid picture of the physical condition of a large
group of men drawn principally from the more prosperous economic groups
and who were in the prime of active life. Omitting the defects found in
only a small percentage of men, the following table gives the proportion
of men having each defect:

EYES AND EARS
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NOSE AND THROAT
SLOPE, CFPUt1O, Triad Tense occ isiccscacacedsccccecccce 45
Hypertrophic rhinitis (enlarged turbinates) ...sececscecccce 37
TEETH
Heavy denistry (X-ray recommended) ....cccccccccscccccsecccee 39
clits, is Bee ree ae
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Pe NEO 055065001 006s 44 0kbneesinsceksdcicdccicen 8
HEART AND PULSE
SOOULORA. DRPUREP OF LerORerity coc cccsccvcccvscuavccceces 6
MIND i hho 6 hie 6c ks sone 6cdedcddesscdseedccccasccace 8
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BLOOD VESSELS ,
PUMPER) WRUGRMIIR ESE cc icsacccecceaveccevécescssccecs 16
BOURTSGL TRCROIRE—COTOTOER boc nccscccnpesrcccsescaceacese 53
Lapis certain Pere ne te
SE bib eeehiikenes 04460 nks 00 06sesceenn becbsececsces 8